Raena's Myth

Battle for Love

Many years ago in a small village there lived a beautiful goddess named Mahenirangi, she was the daughter of one of the powerful gods.  His name was Tu, the god of war. She was the most gorgeous girl out of her whole village.  Her eyes were as colorful as the sunset, her smile was as bright as the moonlight, her hair was as wavy as the sea.  Every single boy that Mahenirangi had dated her father wouldn’t approve of.

 So one night, when her father had fallen to sleep Mahenirangi went for a walk underneath the gloomy stars to look for someone that her father would approve of to marry her,  his beautiful daughter.  Mahenirangi came towards a pathway leading to the sea so she found the path and heard noises coming closer toward her.  Mahenirangi thought it was just animals playing in the sea, but it wasn’t it was a boy swimming in the sea with dolphins.  Mahenirangi quickly ran behind a bush, so that he wouldn’t see her watching him swim with the dolphins.  When he turned around he knew someone was watching him, so he came out of the sea.  He started walking towards the forest, Mahenirangi didn’t know where he was going until he stopped to help a baby kiwi look for his family.  The kiwi kept calling out to his family until they stopped by a cave. They heard the mother kiwi crying so he let the baby kiwi go and it walked in.  Mahenirangi quickly ran behind the tree because he turned around. He then quickly climbed the tree so couldn’t find him.  Mahenirangi turned around and didn’t see him so she walked back.  Mahenirangi didn’t know what way she came, so he came down and helped her find the way to the sea.  Mahenirangi was so happy to find her way back, but she still didn’t know his name.  When they stopped by the sea Mahenirangi asked him for his name.  Mahenirangi asked him for his name.  He said “Maui the son of Tangoroa, the God of the sea”.  Mahenirangi knew that her father wouldn’t approve of them dating so she walked away.  Maui didn’t want Mahenirangi to go so he ran after her.  Mahenirangi didn’t know what to say to Maui but bye.  The sun started to rise.  Mahenirangi turned around to take one more look at Maui but he had disappeared into thin air like magic. 

When Mahenirangi got back to her village all she could think about was Maui.  When her father woke up he knew she was hiding something from him and when the sun had set and it was all dark he followed Mahenirangi and knew that she found the pathway to the sea, but when they got there Maui never showed.

Two days later Mahenirangi had given up on trying to see Maui again.  Mahenirangi heard her father talking to Tane, the God of the forest about Maui’s father Tangaroa.  Mahenirangi heard her father say that he was going to get pay back for what he did to the village and for killing his wife.  Tane told him that Mahenirangi was listening so he told his guards to take her away so that she would not run away and tell Maui about the war that they were going to start.  Mahenirangi used her strength to get away and quickly ran to the sea and called Tangaroa and when he showed up she told him all about the war that was going to happen in the morning that her father had planned.  Tangaroa got all of the men from another village and told them to say good bye to their families because they were going to war with Tane.  Tanagroa asked his brother Tawhiri for help to make it rain so his waves could be more powerful than ever.  Mahenirangi knew that she was going to die, so she called Maui to day goodbye.  Maui showed up and didn’t know what to say, but I love you.  Mahenirangi started crying because she knew that she wouldn’t survive the war.  Maui and Mahenirangi held each other for the very last time. 

The sun rose and the war started.  Tangaroa created a huge tidal wave and killed everyone that lived on land.  Maui couldn’t take it, so he killed himself in order to stay with Mahenirangi.  All she could think about when she died was Maui and how they were going to stay together forever up in heaven.  The war continued until there was nothing left on earth.